Cellular behaviors on chemically/physically modified SiO2 surfaces

Abstract

This paper describe an easy-to-handle approach to probe cellular behaviors via using silicon dioxide nanotextures with various functional groups. The silicon dioxide nanotextures were performed through using metal assisted chemical etching and wet oxidation. The pitch of nanotextures can be adjusted by controlling etching durations. The results showed that cells preferred to spread out on nanotextures with longer pitch rather than on nanotextures with shorter pitch. In addition, cells also preferred to adhere on planar surface rather than on nanotextured surface. We believe, this study can help us to get more insights of cell biology and biomedical-relevant researches.